Emerging Technologies
Finwire Names Former Fund Manager Furelid Editor of Mutual Funds News
Furelid previously spent 15 years as a hedge fund analyst and asset manager.
BGC, GFI to Offload Trayport to ICE for $650 Million
The move is the latest in a strategy to unlock newly-acquired assets' value.
Kilburn's Corner: While MiFID 2 Sleeps, London Burns
MiFID may be delayed, but other initiatives continue apace.
RSRCHXchange Preps for Hiring Spree, Content Push
The research platform says its expansion plans are in response to increased takeup of its services.
Buy Side Still Taking Wait-and-See Approach to Symphony
Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup messaging provider Symphony Communication Services has attracted investment from a "Who's Who" of 19 financial institutions plus more than $100 million raised in a recent round of funding from investors including tech…
APFIC Panel: Banks, Vendors Must Think Like FinTech Innovators
Firms must be innovative to create new ideas, technology
Catch Me If You Can: Chasing Spoofers in the Tech Age
After a few high-profile court decisions, regulator are taking aim at spoofing. While still an up-hill battle, technology is helping to lead the way.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: November 9-13
Each Friday, Waters editors and journalists pull together a quick-hit series of the best analysis pieces, features, and video interviews from across the five brands-just in case you missed them.
ITG Names Blake CEO of TriAct Canada
Blake comes from Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Toronto officer where he served as vice president of electronic trading sales.
Markit, Deutsche Börse Invest in Illuminate
Financial information services provider Markit and exchange group Deutsche Börse have invested an undisclosed sum in Illuminate Financial Management, a startup venture capital firm founded in 2014 by former Icap executive Mark Beeston.
Bloomberg Blames Router Hardware for Asia Terminal Interruption
Clients of Bloomberg’s Professional terminal in the Asia-Pacific region experienced issues with data display on the morning of Monday, Nov. 9 as a result of a hardware failure on a router in one of the vendor’s US datacenters, Inside Market Data has…
Tullett Prebon Agrees to Buy Icap's Hybrid Voice Broking, Information Business
According to a Reuters report, the deal is worth $1.68 billion.
Ippoliti Joins JP Morgan
Former Raymond James CDO takes on data governance role
LSEG Names Former MSCI Exec Corrado COO and CIO
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has announced the appointment of Chris Corrado as chief operating officer and chief information officer, effective today, Nov.11. He will be contributing to LSEG's mission to diversify its business and grow it…
Tullett Prebon to Buy Icap Voice Broking, Data Businesses
The deal will create the largest broker and bolster Tullett's market data business.
Rajan Named Vice Chair of BIS
India bank official elected to role at Basel-based organization supervising capital adequacy compliance
MiFID II Delay: When in Doubt, Play the Technology Card
Anthony says this delay is no surprise. Expect the same arguments to be made this time next year.
MiFID II on Pause? Vendors React
The European Commission announced today that it has accepted the need to push back the MiFID II January 3, 2017, start date due to tech concerns.
Numerix Integrates OneTick into Software Suite
Numerix, a provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, has announced the integration of tick database and complex event processing software provider OneMarketData's (OMD) OneTick enterprise data management platform…
Money.Net Nets S&P CapIQ's Sullivan
The new hire will focus on global sales
Tullett Prebon, Icap and Understanding When to Cut Ties
Dan DeFrancesco dissects the potential Tullett Prebon-Icap deal and talks about why the former would be better off getting away from the voice broker business.
Opening Cross: Utilities Will Get Data Management Out of the Closet… And to the Dry Cleaners
Why duplicate efforts that don't add value?
Users Slam ABS Singapore Benchmark Fees
New fees for the SIBOR and SOR benchmarks have attracted criticism from end users.
Thomson Reuters, Systex Eye Sale of AFE to Capitalize on Success of ‘Connect’ Cross-Border Projects
The vendors are seeking to divest their stakes in AFE after 15 years, sources say.